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. 2011 Feb 16;6(2):e17026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017026

Table 1. The Upper Palaeolithic cranial sample from Gough's Cave, Somerset.

Specimen Year excavated Left Right Left Right Left Right
F O P T S P T S N M Z N M Z B R B R
Skull-cups
GC 87 (190a, 162) 1987
GC2 [1.1/4b, GC 87 (107, 90, 169c)] 1927–28, 1987
GC3 [1.1/1] 1929
Neurocranial bones
GC 86 (55) N, GC 87 (60) E 1986, 1987
GC 87 (8, 55) 1987
GC 86 (55) B 1986
GC 87 (55) D 1987
GC 87 (73) 1987
GC 87 (138) B 1987
GC 86 (55) A 1986
GC 86 (un-numbered) 1986
GC 86 (55) I 1986
GC 86 (55) E 1986
GC 86 (55) W 1986
GC 7 (1.1/2) 1927–28
GC 87 (16) 1987
Facial bones
GC 87 (25, 29, 87) 1987
GC 86 (55), GC 87 (139, 230B) 1986, 1987
GC 87 (226) 1987
GC 87 (141) 1987
GC 87 (230) A 1987
Mandibles
GC 87 (49) 1987
GC 6 (1.1/3) 1927–28
GC 87 (253) 1987
GC 86 (un-numbered) A, B 1986

Dots indicate bones or parts of bones present (F, frontal; O, occipital; P, parietal; S, sphenoid; N, nasal; M, maxilla; Z, zygomatic; B, body; R, ramus). New radiocarbon determinations of two of the skull cups have used ultrafiltration to remove contaminants (28):

a

OxA-17849. 12,590±50 BP,

b–c

OxA-17848. 12, 485±50 BP.